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Time after Pentecost · Proper 16 · Year A

Isaiah 51:1-6

My Salvation Will Be Forever

August 23, 2026

Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels, Francesco Guardi
Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels, Francesco Guardi, 1750sThe Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0)
A Venetian painter better known for views, here working quickly and loosely on a biblical subject, with the figures almost dissolved into light.Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, but I blessed him and made him many.Francesco GuardiA Venetian view painter whose loose, flickering touch was dismissed beside Canaletto's precision and is now preferred to it.The Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0)A large encyclopaedic museum in Ohio, free to enter since it opened in 1916.The Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0)
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 16:13-20Mt 16:13-20
EpistleRom. 11:33-12:8Rom 11:33-12:8
Old TestamentIsa. 51:1-6Is 51:1-6
PsalterPs. 138Ps 138

Overview & Insights

"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment... but my salvation will be forever." (Isaiah 51:6)

The LORD calls his people to attend as he promises that his teaching and justice will go out as a light to the peoples. Though the heavens vanish like smoke and the earth wears out like a garment, God declares that his salvation and righteousness will endure forever.

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Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6Commentary on Is 51:1-6 Working Preacher

The Lutheran home commentary on this Year A reading by a named seminary scholar.

Isaiah 51 - Comfort and Salvation for ZionIs 51 - Comfort and Salvation for Zion Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical study of the call to look to the rock and to God's everlasting salvation.

Isaiah 51:1 CommentariesIs 51:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on Abraham the rock and the comfort of Zion.

Isaiah 51:1 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryIs 51:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further voice on the passage.

Isaiah Commentaries and SermonsIs Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin

A gateway to inductive word studies and cross references across Isaiah.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 51 (Hebrew and English)Is 51 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria

The Hebrew of the oracle alongside English with linked Jewish commentary for the OT reading.

Isaiah 51:1 InterlinearIs 51:1 Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew of the passage word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Overview: Isaiah 40-66Overview: Is 40-66 BibleProject

An animated overview of the second half of Isaiah that frames these promises of comfort to Zion.

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 51 (Catena)Is 51 (Catena) Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on Abraham the rock and salvation that endures forever.

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